Chapter 380: Chapter 136: Three-Faced Ghost, Hui Jiao Transformation
The Yin Ore has been revealed!
Li Xuan’s hand moved with an incredible smoothness and speed, grabbing a head-sized piece of Yin Ore.
Goo... gurgle!
The dark smoke tunnel began to rapidly contract, while in the distance the ghostly tide revealed a bizarre ’Three Faces.’
The ’Three Faces’ were composed of the faces of a woman, a girl, and an old lady merged together, like a ’composite image.’ Just a glance at this sight would leave ordinary people terrified out of their wits.
As soon as Li Xuan caught the Yin Ore, a fierce wind swept him backwards at high speed!
The magic of ordinary cultivators couldn’t possibly react so swiftly.
But Li Xuan wasn’t using magic...
When the wind is activated, he becomes the wind... he is the wind.
Whoosh!!
Whoosh!!
A shadow, a black shadow, followed almost instantly, rushing toward the sky at an angle.
Li Xuan sped ahead, while the ’Three Faces,’ trailing black strands, followed closely behind.
Mid-air, Li Xuan suddenly swooped down, skimming the water’s surface.
The ’Three Faces’ seamlessly adjusted direction, continuing the pursuit.
Li Xuan travelled over ten li.
The ’Three Faces’ seemed to reach their limit, glaring at him venomously, before slowly retreating.
Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, then willed his cheeks to turn pale, his entire body becoming cold.
...
A short while later.
Two ripples rapidly approached from the sea.
They were Lu Yanwu and Tong Jia.
Both were unlucky, their hands empty.
Li Xuan, pale-faced, handed the Yin Ore to Lu Yanwu.
Lu Yanwu said, "I didn’t expect you to be so skilled, to even alert the Three Faces and manage to escape..."
Li Xuan smiled wryly, waving his hand, opened his mouth but was again on the verge of vomiting, then breathed heavily, seemingly incapable of speaking.
Tong Jia took his hand, feeling it cold, quickly said, "Mr. Lu, Brother Xuan is hurt, let’s head back first!"
Lu Yanwu saw he indeed looked unwell, instinctively reached for his pocket, but found no elixirs...
He then handed the Yin Ore to Tong Jia, saying, "You take the Yin Ore and Li Xuan back."
"Mr. Lu..."
"The Three Faces were alerted, I’m worried the ghost tide will go berserk, I’ll stay here and observe for a while."
"Understood, Mr. Lu, you be careful too."
...
...
The Yin Ore was brought back, and everyone began cultivating.
Li Xuan was taken back to the mud hut by Tong Jia.
Later, Tong Jia brought him fish soup, along with some Spirit Fruit from Bixiu Island, feeding him a spoonful at a time, while saying, "You managed to escape from the Three Faces..."
"Three... Faces?" Li Xuan weakly asked.
Tong Jia nodded, said, "Fourth Grade Spirit Mine areas often have ghosts form.
In remote areas, where no one usually clears these places, there are even more ghosts, and amid a ghost tide, there’s always one particularly formidable.
The one in Evil Spirit Reef Realm is the Three Faces.
Few who encounter it survive... even Mr. Lu might not."
Li Xuan weakly asked, "What... about the Corpse Mountain Hidden?"
Tong Jia replied, "No comparison. The Corpse Mountain Hidden is far inferior to the Three Faces.
The Three Faces is notoriously fearsome, mainly because it cannot be killed, and when it dies, it quickly reincarnates stronger than before.
So previously, even the sect ignored this Evil Spirit Reef Realm.
We’re only safe hiding here."
Li Xuan’s expression became grave.
The air grew silent for a while.
Tong Jia, resting her chin on her hand, suddenly showed a reminiscing expression, as if recalling something.
Li Xuan asked, "What’s the matter?"
Tong Jia shook her head, smiled, said, "Just remembering the past."
Seeing Li Xuan still watching her.
Tong Jia softly said, "I was originally the youngest daughter of a wealthy Duke’s family in Fujin Island Country.
Ah, Fujin Island Country is one of the thirty-six Island Countries of Conch, a... very wealthy island.
And my family was especially wealthy.
They had a gold mine!"
She smiled, then said, "My sister... never mind, not talking about her.
Anyway, back then I was a pampered young lady.
And I had a talent for cultivating immortality.
My father tried everything to get me into the Illusion Mountain Sect.
You understand?
Mortal aristocratic families do everything to send talented ones to the sect, otherwise it’s miserable.
My family wasn’t the only one in the sect.
When I went, they wanted me to focus on cultivation, not to find a Dao partner.
I was obedient and focused solely on cultivating, cultivating, cultivating...
Cultivated until one day, there was a sudden invasion of demons outside.
I was pulled away by a family uncle to flee.
Hah..."
She sighed heavily.
Li Xuan coughed twice, said, "Then... why not find a Dao partner here?"
Tong Jia glared at him, said, "Waiting for you!"
After saying this, she glared again, fiercely said, "Honestly, how did you escape the Three Faces?
I’m telling you, ghosts run very fast, and our cultivators’ magic can’t outrun them.
If discovered, you must fight, there’s no chance unless you’ve reached the Yin Ghost Realm."
Li Xuan finally understood where this girl’s ’naïveté’ came from.
If what she said was true, then she was just a young cultivator who hadn’t seen too much of the world yet.
Now, he coughed, said, "Being able to make it here, you must have some secret cards."
Tong Jia said, "You didn’t come from Yun Ding Tian Island, did you?
Yun Ding Tian Island is chaotic, bordering a mysterious Demon Country called Corpse Mountain Hidden.
That Demon Country frequently captures cultivators and civilians, even transporting them with large sea demons... only there are cultivators with language barriers."
Corpse Mountain Hidden?
Li Xuan was momentarily stunned.
He was familiar with this name, having seen it earlier in the ’Six Tombs Rongxia Travelogue.’
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